Electrical Engineer Engineering

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

ELECTRONIC HARDWARE DIGITAL DESIGN

Significant design engineering experience in digital hardware and new product development environments for aerospace, industrial and military(IRAD) applications. Spanning industrial robotic automation controls to military “fly-by-light” avionics and other exotic solutions. Expert in EDA design automation tool suites, PCB, thermal PI / signal SI analysis, FMECA, EMC and DFM practices. Design experience ranges from complex Digital/RF ECM electronic countermeasures to simple factory automation embedded controllers and industrial data acquisition automation as well as aerospace Rad-Hard selection requirements. Experienced at matching the appropriate micro-processor/controller and FPGA “system-on-a-chip” technology with performance, power and environmental constraints, translating theory into laboratory prototypes, proof-of-concept demonstrations and fielded hardware designs.

PROJECT AND SYSTEM ENGINEERING

Project and system engineering of Industrial products - digital/RF solutions for military electronic countermeasure systems. Seasoned at evolving a product from initial concept requirements, through design phase and smooth transitioning to production. Proven ability to lead group or team in a technical project leadership role. Able to articulate a technical position to the technical community, as well as to external customers.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

GUI/HMI machine tool interfaces, controller RTOS, soft/hard controller cores(FPGA’s) and “SOM” and SOC” technology. Experience in C and assembly programming languages.

FPGA DESIGN

15+ years of experience with FPGA design (VHDL). Proficient with Actel, Xilinx, and Cypress FPGA families, as well as general FPGA simulation and synthesis tools.

EXPERTISE IN:

HARDWARE

SOFTWARE / EDA TOOLS

Opto22 SnapPAC PLCs

FPGA/MicroP Families: Actel, Xilinx, Microchip PIC’s, FreeScale, TI, MicroSemi, too many to list

Mixed Signal RF/Digital, Multi-Layer Printed Circuit board design up to 2 GHz

Microcontroller circuit design and troubleshooting

PCB Design, schematic capture and board layout

Direct Digital Synthesizers / DDS

Digital Image Processors

Automated Test Fixtures, PLC’s, Touch Screens

Strong lab experience utilizing tools such as Logic Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer and Oscilloscopes

Opto22 SnapPAC Toolset

Allegro/OrCad Capture & Layout

Altium DXP

Mentor Graphics PADs Tools

Multi Sim Simulation Tools

ALDEC/VHDL

Xilinx ISE tools

Actel FPGA Tool Suite (Libero)

Virtual Instrumentation(Dasylab/Labview)

Assembly Language

C Programming

Arena PLM

SECURITY CLEARANCES:

Top Secret / SCI Clearance

EXPERIENCE:

DNF CONTROLS, INC

Northridge, CA 2015 to 2016

Principal Hardware Design Engineer

DNF Controls products provide management of integrated networks in broadcast, postproduction, audio/video operations in sports, news, live entertainment, production, post-production and other broadcast-related industries. Integrating television stations, production facilities and mobile production trucks in real-time around the globe.

Responsibilities

Customer driven new product development

Sustaining engineering of existing products

Implement Design, Manufacturing and Quality Control processes where possible.

US SEISMIC SYSTEMS INC.

Chatsworth, CA 2012 to 2015

Sr. Electronics Design Engineer

USSI utilizes proprietary fiber optic technology to support the new oil and gas recovery techniques required to meet the world's increasing demand. Focused on two emerging seismic applications: microseismic/hydrofrack monitoring and 4D seismic/reservoir monitoring, the passive fiber optic sensing systems enables users to improve efficiency, increase output, and enhance safety at a lower cost than today's currently fielded “down-hole” electronic sensor wellbore technology.

Responsibilities

Design and develop semi-automated fiber cable stripping/prepping machine center 2012

Design and develop 8 axis robotic cable de-armoring machine center 2014

Design and implement fault tolerant 16 station heater/curing equipment for production 2014

Built “lessons learned” second generation automated tube splitting machine 2014-2015

Designed current generation tool clamp controls subsystem for down hole sensor array 2014

Responsible for overall factory automation design and test equipment needs

Managed internal IRAD development programs

GRIDTEST SYSTEMS

Los Angeles, CA 2012

Contract Electrical Engineer

As a “green” start-up company Gridtest Systems provides unique portable test equipment for manufacturers and testing services companies to confirm the safety and operational status of SAE J1772 Electric Vehicle Charging System installations in so helping to accelerate the adoption of Electric Vehicles around the globe.

Assisted with debugging Beta prototype product in preparation for IPO release

Created internal documentation processes where none existed

Validation of product hardware and Verilog HDL which controlled IGBTs, ADCs and touch screen PCBs

AiTECH DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC.

Chatsworth, CA 2007-2011

Senior Electrical Engineer

Aitech specializes in customized COTS products to meet the specific requirements of Defense, Space and other customers worldwide. Responsibilities encompassed component engineering and IRAD design support of radiation tolerant single-board space flight computer hardware and associated FPGA VHDL code development for custom aerospace applications.

Mitigate board and component overheating issues via thermal analysis and simulation

Support product lifecycle documentation upkeep (sustaining engineering)

Ensure engineering activities adhere to internal engineering processes, quality processes and external project contractual requirements related to engineering efforts (AS9101D, ISO900X)

Support Bids & Proposal activities and trade studies. Participate in PDRs, CDRs, TIMs etc.

Generate ECR's, ECO's, ICDs, ATPs, test plans and monthly GIDEP reports

FMECA / MTBF calculations

Mentor production and repair test technicians with troubleshooting and modifications. Provide guidance to junior engineers, drafters, and technicians

Additional responsibilities: Company internal auditor trained to AS9101D standard

OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL

Port Hueneme, CA 2006-2007

Senior Electrical Engineer

Supported Navy Special Projects group at sea. Responsibilities included learning IT functions and mission Post Data Processing functions. Test readiness of component hardware shipside stores.

Required Top Secret/SCI clearance

HONEYWELL CORPORATION AVIONICS DIVISION

El Monte, CA 2006

Contract Project Engineer

Responsibilities supporting continued development of companies Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) product which centralizes the monitoring and health reporting of specific aircraft(helicopter) components, such as the engines, drive train, and RTB. The product is designed to detect, report, and provide diagnostic solutions for the identified systems as well as monitor for exceedances and log operational usage (e.g. Flight Time) and improve aircraft serviceability and maintainability between scheduled inspections and overhaul periods.

Responsibilities included: PCB sensor Interface design, updating and improving existing product, PCB artwork to meet customer and FCC emission requirements, VHDL development for various helicopter platforms such as Sikorsky and Northrop Grumman’s VTUAV (MQ-8B) programs.

EDUCATION:

B.S.E.E., DeVry Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.

Additional course work in Lasers and Electro-Optics

MSEE in progress

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